Prologue - A Galaxy Far, Far Away....

Sonic the Hedgehog rushed at full speed into the Scrap Brain Zone, part of Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik's base in Robotropolis, the capital city of Eggmanland. Sonic had heard from a distress signal from Knuckles that Robotnik tricked him again & stole not only the Chaos Emeralds but also the Master Emerald, causing Angel Island to fall once again into the ocean, the first time since the incident with Perfect Chaos. However Sonic did not zoom into Scrap Brain unnoticed. "Snively, activate all exterior & interior hedgehog traps." Dr. Robotnik ordered his nephew & lackey Snively. "But I thought you wanted him to get in?" Snively asked. "Yes, but we can't make it too easy." Robotnik explained, grinning evilly.

Sonic was just about inside Robotnik's base that borders the Metropolis Zone when he saw a few Buzz Bombers leave the small hangers from the buildings. These Buzz Bombers were a new & improved design compared to the Buzz Bombers Sonic had encountered while venturing the Green Hill Zone but the new Buzz Bombers now were equipped with deadlier weapons & could travel at speeds that rivaled many other Badniks. Sonic got into his Buzz Saw Spin & used his Homing Attack on the Buzz Bombers, freeing a few trapped animals inside. "New model, same old pile of junk!" Sonic laughed as he waved back to the animals & shouting at them to move out of the city as quickly as possible.

He then saw a few more copies of the new & improved Coconut Badniks try to throw bombs at Sonic but he swerved & dodged them with hardly any effort. He then caught one of the bombs & threw one at one of the Coconuts, causing it to explode & fall into the many pieces & free a Flicky. Resuming his pursuit, he then stopped to see a SwatBot battalion blocking the entrance into Robotnik's base. "They actually think that's gonna stop me?" Sonic asked, pulling out a Power Ring & zooming at the SwatBots, causing most to be shredded from Sonic's Ring Boost. Sonic then yelped as he saw a laser barely miss him & swerved to avoid the laser blasts from the mini turrets in the ceiling.

When he finally reached the doors to Robotnik's chamber, he knew the door would be locked. "Wanna play, RoButtnik? Well check this!" Sonic knelt down & used his Buzz Saw Spin to start up a Spin Dash & a few seconds later, used the momentum to knock the doors down, startling Snively. "What took you so long, hedgehog?" Robotnik asked, turning his half dome-shaped chair to face Sonic. "You sent your Badniks to slow me down, Egg-Belly!" Sonic answered. "Updating them doesn't make them better; they're still the same piles of scrap metal! Now hand over the Emeralds, Robotnik!"

Just then, Robotnik pushed a button & a glass dome covered the other half of his chair & it bursted from the ground. Sonic wasn't surprised, since he knew that Robotnik always used his Egg-O-Matic for a chair that connects to the entire city. Also Sonic was not surprised to see Robotnik release a bronze checkered ball on a chain from the bottom of his Egg-O-Matic. "That old trick again?" Sonic shook his head in disbelief. "You need to get out more often." Robotnik, growling, slowly moved his Egg-O-Matic forward & swerved the checkered ball at Sonic. But Sonic, remembering when Robotnik first used the trick at Green Hill, simply dodged the attack by zooming behind him. But Sonic was completely surprised when he saw the Master Emerald in a small chamber & Robotnik then used its energy to charge up the ball, surrounding it with many bolts of lightning.

"You were saying, rodent?" Robotnik asked, chuckling. "That's a little better but still no contest." Sonic answered, zooming ahead & dodging the electric ball as Robotnik swerved it in Sonic's direction. "Stand still, you miserable hedgehog!!" Robotnik roared as he tried to move the electric ball again & again, each time missing Sonic. Sonic then finally stood still in an open area, smiling & crossing his arms. "I aim to please. How's this?" Sonic asked. "Perfect!" Robotnik answered, smiling evilly & pushing a button. Instead of swerving his ball to try & hit Sonic, Sonic was immediately taken by surprise as seven large generators shot up & creating electric walls, trapping Sonic. At the top of each generator was a Chaos Emerald.

Sonic then took out the Power Ring generator that his uncle Sir Charles made for him & he shook it. "Come on!" Sonic begged, shaking the small machine a little. "Where's that Power Ring?!" "I'm afraid you cannot escape, hedgehog." Robotnik announced. "I have you at last!" "What are you up to this time, Flabio?" Sonic asked, tapping his foot impatiently. Robotnik didn't have to answer as he turned on a light to reveal all of Sonic's friends; Knuckles, Sally, Tails, Bunnie, Amy, Julie-Su, Rouge, Shadow, & even the Chaotix were trapped in electric shackles, screaming to Sonic to save them. "What do you want, RoButtnik?!" Sonic growled, trying to break one of the generators.

"Simple." Robotnik answered. "You to surrender & give your life for your friends. Give up your life & I'll let them go." Sonic sighed. "Alright, RoButtnik. You win." Sonic then walked to the center of the chamber & sat down. He then looked up at Robotnik, hearing him laugh. Sonic then looked around to see that his friends weren't actually his friends at all; just simply robots disguising themselves as his friends. "You fool! I can't believe you actually fell for my latest plot yet!" Robotnik cackled. "This is nothing compared to when I released Dark Gaia! You just proved that my new HoloBots are a superb success! Now I'll just have them spy on your Freedom Fighters!" Sonic, now enraged, zoomed to try & destroy one of the generators but it was useless; not one of the generators had a single dent in them.

"I'm afraid that your Homing Attack is useless against the hides of my Chaos Generators; I simply reinforced them with the same molecular bonded shells of my Diamond Glass Domes!" Robotnik announced. "Now to end this!" Robotnik then pushed another button, causing electricity to surround Sonic once again. "NOOOO!!! NOT AG--!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Sonic screamed in pain. "Snively?" Robotnik asked, turning to his nephew. "Yes, sir." Snively nodded, smiling just as evilly as Robotnik. But Snively slipped while walking to the computer & pushed another button. "SNIVELY!! YOU IMBECILE!!" Robotnik roared with rage. "I'm sorry, sir!!" Snively apologized, dropping to his knees & pleading. "YOU'LL CAUSE A MASSIVE ENERGY OVERLOAD!!" Robotnik then deactivated the ball's energy & dropped it to the floor, then flew out of the room as quickly as he could. Snively followed, jumping into his own personal hovercraft.

The Master Emerald & the Chaos Emeralds glowed with white energy & light, blinding everything in the room. Sonic shielded his eyes & prepared for the worst. He mentally said good-bye to all of his friends & his love Sally. *Good-bye. I'm sorry that I failed you all.* Sonic thought, then felt the energy hit him. Instead of killing him, he felt as if the other energies trapping him had instantly dissipated. But all thoughts he had simply disappeared when he blacked out. After the white energy & light died down, Robotnik & Snively hovered back inside to see Sonic gone. "Yes. Yes! YES!!" Robotnik cheered. "The hedgehog is GONE!! Oooo it makes me tingle all over! YES!!" But then Robotnik looked closer at the chambers to see that the Chaos Emeralds & the Master Emerald had also disappeared. "What is this?! Snively!!!" Snively yelped. "I dunno what happened, sir." Snively tried to explain. "Well don't just stand there, you little twit. FIND THOSE EMERALDS!!!" Robotnik roared at Snively, causing Snively to yelp once again. "Rotten bag of slime." Snively muttered quietly. "What was that, Snively?!" Robotnik asked, gritting his teeth in rage. "I said 'now is the time', sir." Snively lied, hoping Robotnik believed him. Robotnik calmed down & locked his Egg-O-Matic back onto the chair mechanism. "Those Emeralds couldn't have just disappeared into thin air, like the hedgehog." Robotnik spoke to himself. "Where could they have gone to?"